There should be two pieces. 1) The WAR Deployer (that does xml -> metadata -> mbean/pojo metadatas) Deployed by the DeployerScanner 2) The WAR Container (Tomcat or more accurately a collection of mbean/pojos that bootstrap Tomcat and its web-apps). Deployed by the DeploymentScanner You want to add your code to the WAR container NOT the WAR deployer. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3982033#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...